Center for Technology & Training
Tim Colling, PhD, PE
Director of Center for Technology & Training
Infrastructure management, management systems, local agencies issues
John Velat, MS
Director of Tribal Technical Assistance Program
Tribal government issues
John Sullivan, PE
Senior Research Engineer—Center for Technology & Training
Water and wastewater design, operation, municipal infrastructure finance, municipal management
Pete Torola, PE
Research Engineer II
Construction inspection and management, infrastructure management
John Kiefer, PE
Research Engineer II
Infrastructure management
David Hand, PhD
Department Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Physical and chemical treatment of organic compounds from air and water streams
Jennifer Becker, PhD
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Affiliated Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Biological treatment of waste water and ground water; drinking water treatment
Eric Seagren, PhD
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Affiliated Professor, Biological Sciences
Evaluation and monitoring of biological treatment processes for wastewater treatment, biological stormwater treatment
Martin T. Auer, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Modeling surface water quality as a result of infrastructure changes, limnology, engineering approaches to lakes and rivers
Daisuke Minakata, PhD
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sustainable water and wastewater treatment and management, innovative treatment technologies
Thomas E. Merz, PhD
Associate Dean, School of Business and Economics; Professor of Economics, School of Business and Economics
Public sector finance and economics, game theory, microeconomics
Paul A. Nelson, PhD
Associate Professor of Economics, School of Business and Economics
Regulatory economics, managerial economics, economic decision analysis
Jonathan Leinonen, PhD
Lecturer in Management, School of Business and Economics
Management information systems, business and economic development, entrepreneurship
Sustainable Futures Institute
Robert Handler, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Operations Manager/Senior Research Engineer, Sustainable Futures Institute
Sustainability and lifecycle analysis, reuse of materials
Ralph Hodek, PhD
Associate Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Transportation engineering, soil mechanics
Great Lakes Research Center
Guy Meadows, PhD
Director, Great Lakes Research Center; Adjunct Professor, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
Autonomous environmental monitoring platforms, large-scale field experimentation in Great Lakes, acoustic remote sensing